Only when he kills someone will the justice system take note

NYC transit slasher cut loose by judge, then knifes stranger in deranged subway attack: cops

https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/us-news/career-criminal-recently-cut-loose-by-judge-busted-in-unprovoked-slashing-of-stranger-outside-nyc-subway-station/

An unhinged slasher who randomly attacked a stranger outside a Manhattan subway station was free to walk the streets despite a separate transit knife attack, officials said — as his disfigured victim raged that the lax criminal justice system nearly got him killed.

Ex-con Demitri Marshall, 32, was nabbed several hours after he cut the 27-year-old man across his face without warning outside the East Broadway train station, cops said.

It was just the latest transit attack from the unhinged repeat offender, who was arrested for slashing a stranger on board a Bronx train last month — but was cut loose on supervised release in court.

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Demitri Marshall has seven prior arrests, including one from an August unprovoked subway slashing in the Bronx, cops said. Obtained by the NY Post

His latest victim, who only provided his first name, needed seven stitches for a gash across his top lip and nose — but lamented that the seasoned perp could have taken his life.

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Joe Marino, 

 

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and 

 

Amanda Woods

Published Oct. 14, 2025, 6:52 p.m. ET